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Turkish football expert and commentator Reha Kapsal, has praised Victor Osimhen, saying he is the main reason behind Galatasaray’s hopes of doing well in the Champions League this season. As the last day of the league stage of the Champions League approaches, Galatasaray are in 17th place with 10 points after seven matches. If they beat Manchester City on Wednesday, they will get a spot in the playoff. But even if they draw or lose, it might still be enough to get into the playoff, depending on what happens in other games. Osimhen did not score in his last two…

A monster storm barreling across the United States had killed at least 11 people on Monday, prompting warnings to stay off the roads, mass flight cancelations and power outages after a weekend of misery. The storm dumped snow, sleet and freezing rain across swathes of the country from Texas to New England, with temperatures set to fall dangerously low this week. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said five people were found dead outside over the weekend, telling reporters “there is no more powerful reminder of the danger of extreme cold.” In Texas, authorities confirmed three deaths, including a 16-year-old…

The Federal Fire Service says two lives were lost and property worth N1.59 billion destroyed by fire in Bauchi State between January and December 2025. The Public Relations Officer in charge of the state command of the service, Umar Lawal, disclosed this in a fire outbreak statistics made available to the News Agency of NIgeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Lawal said that the command saved four lives and property worth N2.86 billion in 167 fire incidents reported within the period under review. He said that the fire incidents affected public and government buildings, private dwellings, educational establishments, markets, petrol…

The price of gold hit fresh records Monday after reaching $5,000 an ounce for the first time on rising global uncertainty and turmoil set off by US President Donald Trump’s policies. Gold reached $5,111.07 an ounce, having topped the key landmark in Asian trading hours. “It vaulted over the psychologically important 5,000 mark on a glittering streak, heading sharply higher as trade tensions emanating from the US unnerved investors,” noted Susannah Streeter, chief investment strategist at Wealth Club. “The dollar’s decline is part of the story,” she added as the US unit slumped against the yen Monday. “The greenback has…

An expert has linked repeated heading of footballs to progressive brain disease following an inquest into the death of former Scotland defender Frank McQueen. McQueen, who was diagnosed with vascular dementia, died in 2023 aged 70. An inquest held in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, concluded with a narrative verdict on Monday. According to BBC Sport on Monday, a consultant neuropathologist at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, Professor Willie Stewart, examined McQueen’s brain after his death. He told the inquest that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was present in multiple areas of the brain and that a membrane within the brain appeared…

Bitcoin (BTC) extended its weakness into the low-liquidity weekend trading session, with BTC slipping to a five-week low of $86,000 on Sunday. The cryptocurrency could potentially retest its macro low of $66,000 over the coming weeks, a key support level from November 2024.Key takeaways:Bitcoin dropped below $87,000 on Sunday as its momentum weakened.The Coinbase Premium hit a 12-month low, reflecting strong US spot Bitcoin selling pressure.Bitcoin’s bearish setup targets a $66,800 BTC price.Bitcoin faces stronger selling pressure in the USThe Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Index, which tracks the price difference between BTC on Coinbase and Binance, flipped red in mid-December 2025,…

Dancing With the Stars pro Witney Carson is glad she publicly shared that her two-year-old son was shamed on a recent long-haul flight. Taking to her Instagram Stories in the late hours of Sunday, January 25, Carson, 32, stated that she felt “very validated” after revealing that her toddler, Jet, was asked to be quiet several times during her family’s return to the U.S. from Australia. (Carson lives in Florida when she’s not filming DWTS.) “Seems I’ve reached the right side of Instagram,” Carson, who shares two sons, Jet and Leo, 5, with husband, Carson McAllister, wrote over a photo…

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has ordered the immediate closure of the Onitsha Main Market for one week, following the traders’ continued compliance with the Indigenous People of Biafra’s sit-at-home directive. Mr Soludo gave the order on Monday in Onitsha shortly after he visited the market, noting that the defiance of the market leadership to open was against the government’s directive. According to him, it is the latest and perhaps most drastic approach to determine who controls time and economic life in south-east Nigeria on Mondays. “The enemy is the long-standing, fear-enforced Monday sit-at-home order, a ghostly mandate from…

The International Day of Education has been celebrated globally on 24th January each year since 2019. The Day focuses on the importance of inclusive, quality and lifelong learning for all, to address the barriers of poverty, gender inequality, and conflict. Nigerians know well the barrier to education faced by millions of young people living in poverty and conflict, and experiencing gender inequality. The Nigerian government’s leadership in bringing down poverty barriers to education is unquestionable. Also unquestionable is the tight fiscal space Nigeria is currently facing. This no doubt explains the 6.15 per cent allocation to the education sector in…

The Nasarawa State Government has rejected a report alleging that the state spent ₦707 million on refreshments and meals between January and September 2025 while underfunding rural water projects. The government clarified that the ₦707 million figure cited in the report represents cumulative expenditure by several Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, over a nine-month period and not a single discretionary spending item on refreshments, as suggested by the publication. The report had claimed that a review of the state’s third-quarter 2025 budget performance showed that ₦707 million was spent on refreshments and meals during the period, compared to ₦300.5 million…